COMPLETED EVENTS Decolonizing Sustainability Speaker Series From April 7th-26th 2023, the NAS Department hosted the second ‘Decolonizing Sustainability Series’ through the TEK Fellowship Program. Dr. Kaitlin Reed, the current TEK Faculty Fellow, hosted conversations around Carceral Conservation. This included conversations with Laurel Mei-Singh around ‘Carceral Conservationism: Unpacking Geographies of Environmentalism, Criminalization, and Confinement’, Stephanie Lumsden in ‘Beyond Conservation: Indigenous Ethics and the Decolonized Environment’, Dr. Renée M. Byrd in ‘Notes from Earthseed: Gathering, Land and Solidarity’, and Traci Brynne Voyles in ‘Carceral Conservation: Environmental Management in Chains at California’s Salton Sea’. California Indigan BIG TIME & Social Gathering Hosted by ITEPP, the Native American Center for Academic Excellence, 2023 saw another Big Time on April 8th, a yearly social gathering held celebrating California Native Traditions through songs, games, resources, arts & crafts, and building community. The FSL hosted an informational table at the event.
Shingle Springs IAC Training April 11th-12th, 2023, the FSL Lab Coordinator Marlene’ Dusek and Intern Delaney Schroeder-Echavarria were invited to give a presentation on the Lab and current Sudden Oak Death procedures and were able to establish connections with IAC and many other Tribes and Native organizations. Decolonizing Economics Summit: Food and Seed Sovereignty April 20th-22nd, 2023 was the 4th annual Decolonizing Economics Summit. The FSL’s Karley Rojas participated in the Food and Seed Sovereignty Panel. The panel introduced an esteemed panel of practitioners and scholars that engage with the politics and practices of food and seed sovereignty, unearthing new understandings and approaches to this fertile field of debate. You can watch the panel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjohOGmXZus&t=9s Mouralherwaqh Wiyot Community Day Please see ‘Project Updates: Mouralherwaqh’. Mouralherwaqh Community Day on March 6th, 2023 was an event for the Wiyot Tribal community, put together by the Wiyot Tribe and the working group composed of partnered organizations working to restore Mouralherwaqh. The FSL hosted a table with Indigenous tea blends and activities for the community. 34 - Progress Report Summer 2023
Mouralherwaqh Community Day
